BrotherJohn Sellersb. May 27, 1924 in Clarksdale, Mississippid. March 27, 1999 in New York City (Manhattan)discography

source: front cover of London LL 1705

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Brother John Sellers 78 rpm / EPs / LPs / CDs

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yearof release

title

label # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm

1

1945

BROTHER JOHN SELLERS
- Let Us Run While The Sun Is Shining (You Better Run) (N 570) #
- My Crown (N 574) *
rec. May 1945 most likely in New York
# BROTHER JOHN SELLERS Gospel Singing with Melba Pope and Her Gospel Trio
* BROTHER JOHN SELLERS Gospel Singing with Piano by Melba Pope

"Brother John" Sellers
- Hands Off
- Baby, How Long How Long
- Morning Noon And Night
- You've Been Gone Five Years
- I Cried For You
- Woke Up This Morning
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Miss Otis Regrets
- I Have The Blues Every Day
- I'm Gonna Move On The Outskirts Of Town
- Let's Rock And Roll
rec. November 14-29, 1957 in Paris, France; Brother John Sellers, voc; Guy Lafitte, ts; Georges Arvanitas, p; Christian Garros, dr

Columbia FPX 149 (Fr)

(=) Sackville SKCD2-2074(Can 2009) "Paris 1957"

24

1957

Brother John Sellers:Blues And Spirituals
- Doretha Boogie
- Farewell Work Life
- Down By The Riverside
- Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread

Ella Jenkins (with Brother John Sellers, Joseph Brewer)A Long Time To Freedomgospel songs, work songs, spirituals, songs of freedom- The Wilderness
- I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles
- Heaven
- When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder- Tol' My Captain
- I'm Gonna Ride This Train
- Jimbo
- Another Man Done Gone
- Soft Pedal Blues
- Po' Man's Blues- A Friendly Loan
- How High's The Water
- An Old Lady and Her House- If You Ever Get Down
- Freedom's Coming Mighty Soon- A Long Time

Burt Munk & Company: Black Folk Music In America Vol. 1
Songs of Slavery. Black Songs of the Civil War
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)
- Michael, Row The Boat Ashore
- Steal Way To Jesus
- Oh Freedom
- No More Auction Block For Me
- Give Us A Flag
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- Slavery's Chain Done Broke At Last
"Brother John Sellers sings of different periods to reflect different experiences, events and emotions"; author: Milton Lamb

SVE Educations LibraryA-682 (1970 ?)

2 VHS video cassettes(duration: 15 + 16 min)

31b

1993

Burt Munk & Company: Black Folk Music In America Vol. 2
Black Songs after the Civil War. Black Songs of Modern Times
- Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad
- When I Was A Cowboy
- St. Louis Blues
- Lift Every Voice And Sing
- The Ballad Of The Boll Weevil
- I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called A Man
- Hallelujah, I'm A Travelin'
- We Shall Overcome
- Free At Last
"Brother John Sellers sings of different periods to reflect different experiences, events and emotions"; author: Milton Lamb

2 VHS video cassettes(duration: 15 + 16 min)

32

1996

Brother John Sellers Sings Blues And Folk Songs
- Jack Of Diamonds
- Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread
- I Love You Bay
- Sally Go Round The Sunshine
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- Boll Weevil
- Great Day
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
- John Henry
- Farewell Work Life
- Let Us Run
- When I've Been Drinking
- Doretha Boogie
- Lonesome Road
- Down By The Riverside

VRS 8005 and VRS 7022

Vanguard 79036-2

33

2006

Brother John Seller Sings Blues And Folk Songs
- John Henry
- Farewell Work Life
- Doretha Boogie
- Boll Weevil
- Two Little Fishes
- Down By The Riverside
- I Love You Baby
- Every Day I Have The Blues
- When I've Been Drinking
- Jack Of Diamonds
- I've Been Lonesome, I've Been Worried
- Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen
- Let Us Run
- Great Day
- Sally Go Round The Sunshine
- Lonesome Road

Gary Shearston: The Greatest Stone On Earth and Other Two-Bob Wonders- Baiame (The Greatest Stone On Earth)
- Tell Old Bill
- See It Through
- Friend To Me
- Sail On Brother John- Aborigine
- Dirty Old Town
- Lady St. George's Habit
- Higgledy-Piggledy
- The Drover's Dream

Ella Jenkins: Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance- A New Day's Coming Soon
- I Don't Care Where You Bury My Body
- Plenty Good Room
- Brother John Sellars- A Bad Man From The Badlands
- Angry Words
- I Heard Him Cry This Morning
- Please Hurry Home
- That's The Way Thing Are
- What's The Matter With Tthe Team?
- A Vivo a Vavo
- Hey Moo Ma Moo Ma Moo Ma Hey
- I Climbed A Mountain
- Africa Llamando (Africa Calling)
- Yemayah, God Of The Sea
- This Is An Afro Mood
- Yemaya, God Of The Sea
- This Is An Afro Mood
- Let Yourself Go
- A Long Time
- Wading In The Water
- diverse interviews